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• Films (and stills from the films) analyzed
• Installation art-works analyzed
• Obituaries
• Paintings, sculptures and drawings analyzed
• Photographic art and posters analyzed
• Poetry analyzed
• Psychology of religious belief
• Reviews of Films
• Sociological essays
• Theatrical productions analyzed

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• Categories
  • Discussion and Mind-Probing (631)
  • Films (and stills from the films) analyzed (121)
    • Akira Kurosawa (8)
    • Alain Resnais (8)
    • Alain Tanner (2)
    • Alexander Kluge (1)
    • Anne-Marie Mieville (1)
    • Barbet Schroeder (1)
    • Bernardo Bertolucci (5)
    • Bertrand Tavernier (1)
    • Chantal Akerman (1)
    • Claude Berri (1)
    • Claude Miller (1)
    • Claude Sautet (1)
    • Dušan Makavejev (1)
    • Elia Kazan (1)
    • Federico Fellini (2)
    • Francois Truffaut (1)
    • Gerard Mordillat (1)
    • Helma Sanders-Brahms (1)
    • Ingmar Bergman (8)
    • Jacques Demy (1)
    • Jean Cocteau (1)
    • Jean Delannoy (1)
    • Jean-Luc Godard (10)
    • Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet (1)
    • John Huston (1)
    • Joseph Mankiewicz (1)
    • Ken Russell (2)
    • Kenji Mizoguchi (1)
    • Liliana Cavani (1)
    • Louis Malle (2)
    • Luchino Visconti (2)
    • Luis Bunuel (3)
    • Margarethe von Trotta (2)
    • Marguerite Duras (2)
    • Maurice Pialat (3)
    • Michelangelo Antonioni (3)
    • Mike Nichols (1)
    • Moshe Mizrahi (1)
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini (6)
    • R.W. Fassbinder's Films With Gunther Kaufmann (2)
    • Radu Gabrea (1)
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder (11)
    • Raul Ruiz (1)
    • Rene Clement (1)
    • Robert Bresson (4)
    • Roberto Rossellini (3)
    • Ronald Neame (1)
    • Stanley Kramer (1)
    • Strong Males’ Four Basic Tasks (1)
    • Sydney Lumet (1)
    • Volker Schlondorff’ (2)
    • Werner Herzog (3)
    • Wim Wenders (2)
    • Yasujiro Ozu (1)
  • Installation art-works analyzed (5)
    • Bob Trotman (1)
    • Chen Shaoxiong (1)
    • Judith Peck (1)
    • Meret Oppenheim (1)
    • Olafur Eliasson (1)
  • Obituaries (14)
    • Alain Resnais (1)
    • Alice Miller (1)
    • Bruno Cremer (1)
    • Bruno S. (1932 – 2010) (1)
    • Claude Miller (1)
    • Erland Josephson (1)
    • Günther Kaufmann (1)
    • Howard Zinn (1)
    • Jean Laplanche (1)
    • Leo Steinberg (1)
    • Michael Jackson (1)
    • Raul Ruiz (1)
    • Theodore Roszak (1)
    • Walter Schmidinger (1)
  • Paintings, sculptures and drawings analyzed (180)
    • Alberto Giacometti (5)
    • Albrecht Durer (2)
    • Amedeo Modigliani (2)
    • Andre Derain (1)
    • Arno Braker (1)
    • Auguste Rodin (1)
    • Barry X Ball (1)
    • Bob Trotman (2)
    • Caravaggio (1)
    • Chaim Soutine (2)
    • Claude Monet (1)
    • Constantin Brancusi (3)
    • Dorothea Tanning (1)
    • Edgar Degas (2)
    • Edouard Manet (5)
    • Edward Hopper (7)
    • Egon Schiele (7)
    • El Greco’ (1)
    • Emil Nolde (17)
    • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (5)
    • Fernando Botero (1)
    • Francis Bacon (1)
    • Francis Picabia (1)
    • Francisco Goya (2)
    • Frantisek Janousek (1)
    • George Grosz (5)
    • Giorgio de Chirico (5)
    • Giovanni Battista Moroni (1)
    • Gustav Klimt (2)
    • Hans Bellmer (2)
    • Henri Rousseau (1)
    • Henry Matisse (4)
    • Henry Moore (2)
    • Honore Daumier (1)
    • Jacob Epstein (3)
    • Jacques Louis David (1)
    • James Enzor (2)
    • Jean Dubuffet (1)
    • Joan Miro (4)
    • Joseph Mankiewicz (1)
    • Judith Peck (1)
    • Jules Bastien-Lepage (1)
    • Kathe Kollwitz (2)
    • Kazimir Malevich (1)
    • Lucas Cranach (2)
    • Lucian Freud (1)
    • Man Ray (1)
    • Marcel Duchamp (1)
    • Marcel Janco (2)
    • Marino Marini (1)
    • Mary Cassatt (1)
    • Max Beckmann (8)
    • Max Ernst (14)
    • Oscar Dominguez (2)
    • OsKar Kokoschka (2)
    • Otto Dix (5)
    • Pablo Picasso (10)
    • Paul Cezanne (1)
    • Paul Delvaux (2)
    • Paul Gauguin (3)
    • paul klee (4)
    • Pierre-August Renoir (1)
    • Rene Magritte (5)
    • Roberto Matta (2)
    • Salvador Dali (1)
    • Sofonisba Anguissola (1)
    • Thomas Hart Benton (3)
    • Victor Brauner (4)
    • Vincent Van Gogh (eight self-portraits) (1)
    • Wifredo Lam (2)
    • Willem de Kooning (1)
    • William Aiken Walker (1)
    • Wolfgang Paalen (1)
  • Photographic art and posters analyzed (16)
    • A Call Back to Pre-democratic America: (1)
    • Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels As One Person (1)
    • Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Photos of Goebbels (1)
    • Disappointed in mortals… (1)
    • Germany, Pale Mother (1)
    • Humanity of the Psychological Frankensteins (1)
    • Playing Cards With the Young Boys (1)
    • Propaganda Posters (1)
    • Rag-picker in Paris, 1901 (1)
    • The Gaze of a Righteous Murder (1)
    • The Psychology of Pet Owning (1)
    • What Childhood Photos of Churchill and Hitler Can Teach Us? (1)
    • Why Bishops Attend A Nazi Public Event? (1)
    • Will Beauty Save the World? (1)
  • Poetry analyzed (40)
    • Alfred de Vigny (1)
    • Allen Ginsberg (1)
    • Ezra Pound (2)
    • Federico Garcia Lorca (1898 – 1936) (1)
    • Harold Pinter’s Poem “American Football” (A Reflection Upon The Gulf War)” (1)
    • Henri Michaux (1)
    • Jacques Prevert (1)
    • Marina Tsvetaeva (17)
    • Octavio Paz (2)
    • Oscar Wilde (1)
    • Pablo Neruda (1)
    • Paul Celan (2)
    • Paul Eluard (1)
    • Paul Valery (1)
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini (1)
    • Rainer Maria Rilke (1)
    • Rene Char (1)
    • Robert Frost (1)
    • Theodore Roethke (2)
    • Wallace Stevens (1)
  • Psychology of religious belief (18)
    • Alfred de Vigny (1)
    • Allen Ginsberg’s Poem “Everyday” (1)
    • “The Messiah” (1975) by Roberto Rossellini (review) (1)
    • “Through Glass Darkly” (1961) By Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • “Winter Light” (1962) by Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • “Winter Light” by Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • Belief – Its Versatile Contents and its Psychological “Form” (1)
    • Belief in God as a Psychological Defense (1)
    • Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard (1)
    • Emil Nolde’s “Resurrection” – Nolde’s Interpretation of Christ’s Resurrection Contradicts The Ideas Of Early Christians (1)
    • Giovanni Battista Moroni’s (1520–1579 ) “A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ” (1555–1560) (1)
    • In Vain, With My Eyes As With Nail (1)
    • Proud Sinners As Good Christians (1)
    • Roberto Matta (1)
    • The Magic Helpers (1)
    • The Religious Sin of Pious Complacency (1)
    • Why Catholic Bishops Attend A Nazi Public Event (1)
  • Reviews of Films (142)
    • "Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” (1972) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1)
    • "Einstein" (2008) by Liliana Cavani (1)
    • "Nazarin" (1959) by Luis Bunuel (1)
    • "Sanjuro" (1962), by Akira Kurosawa (1)
    • ”Il Grido/The Cry” (1957) By Michelangelo Antonioni (1)
    • “35 Shots of Rum” (2008) By Claire Denis (1)
    • “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951) by Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams (1)
    • “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” (1973) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1)
    • “Alice in the Cities” (1974) By Wim Wenders (1)
    • “And the Ship Sails On” (1983) By Federico Fellini (1)
    • “Au Hazard Balthazar” (1966) And “Devil Probably” (1977) By Robert Bresson (1)
    • “Autumn Sonata” (1978) By Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • “Baxter, Vera Baxter” by Marguerite Duras (1977) (1)
    • “Berlin Affair” (1985) by Liliana Cavani (2)
    • “Berlin Alexanderplatz” (1980) By Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1)
    • “Bless the Beast and Children” by Stanley Kramer (1971) (1)
    • “Burmese Harp” (1957) by Kon Ichikawa (1)
    • “Casanova” (1976) by Federico Fellini (1)
    • “Chinese Roulette” (1976) by R.W. Fassbinder (1)
    • “Clara Schumann” (2008), by Helma Sanders-Brahms (1)
    • “Confessions of Police Captain to the District Attorney” (1971) by Damiano Damiani (1)
    • “CONFORMIST” (1971) By Bernardo Bertolucci (1)
    • “Contempt/Le mepris” (1963) by Jean-Luc Godard (1)
    • “Cuentame Como Paso” (“Tell Me How it Happened”) by Miguel Angel Bernardeau (1)
    • “Death in Venice” (1971) by Luchino Visconti (1)
    • “Dersu Uzala” (1975) by Akira Kurosawa (1)
    • “Despair/Journey Into Light” (1978) by Rainer-Werner Fassbinder (1)
    • “Detective” (1985) by Jean-Luc Godard (1)
    • “Diary of the Country Priest” (1951) By Robert Bresson (1)
    • “Dodes’kaden” (1970) by Akira Kurosawa (1)
    • “Elysium” by Neill Blomkamp (2013) (1)
    • “Faithless” by Liv Ullmann (1)
    • “Fear of Fear” (1975) by R.W. Fassbinder (2)
    • “Film Socialisme” (2010) By Jean-Luc Godard (JLG) (1)
    • “Fire Within” (1963) By Louis Malle (1)
    • “Foyle’s War” by Anthony Horowitz (1)
    • “Germany in autumn” By Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1)
    • “Germany, Pale Mother” (1980) by Helma Sanders-Brahms (1)
    • “Golden Age/L'Age d'Or ” (1930) By Luis Bunuel (1)
    • “Goodbye Language/Adieu au langage ” (2014) by Jean-Luc Godard (1)
    • “Hidden Fortress” (1958) by Akira Kurosawa (1)
    • “Hiroshima mon amour” (1957) By Alain Resnais (1)
    • “Hour Of The Wolf” (1968) By Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • “I Want To Go Home” (1989) by Alain Resnais (1)
    • “Ich Bin die Andere” (“I am the Other Woman”) by Margarethe von Trotta (2006) (1)
    • “Ikiru/To Live” by Akira Kurosawa (1952) (1)
    • “In a Year of 13 Moons” (1978) By R.W. Fassbinder (1)
    • “In the Electric Mist” (2010) by Bernard Tavernier (1)
    • “Kind Hearted Woman” by David Sutherland (1)
    • “La guerre est finie/The War Is Over” (1966) By Alain Resnais (1)
    • “La Terra Trema/The Earth Is Trembling/The Earth Trembles/Will Tremble” (1948) By Luchino Visconti (1)
    • “Lacombe Lucien” (1974), By Louis Malle (1)
    • “Lancelot of the Lake” (1974) By Robert Bresson (1)
    • “Last Year in Marienbad” (1960) By Alain Resnais (1)
    • “L’Enfance Nue” (1968) By Maurice Pialat (1)
    • “Le Petit Soldat/The Little Soldier” (1960–1963) By Jean-Luc Godard (1)
    • “Letter to America”, (1999) by Kira Muratova (1)
    • “Life and Nothing But/La vie at rien d’autre” (1989) by Bertrand Tavernier (1)
    • “Lola” by Jacques Demy (1961) (1)
    • “Lola” by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1981) (1)
    • “Long Day’s Journey into the Night” (1962) By Sidney Lumet (1)
    • “Love Unto Death” (1984) by Alain Resnais (1)
    • “Madame Rosa” By Moshe Mizrahi (1)
    • “Made in USA (1966) by Jean-Luc Godard (2)
    • “Man Like Eva/Ein mann wie Eva” (1983) by Radu Gabrea (1)
    • “Medea” (1969) by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1)
    • “Melo” (1986) by Alain Resnais (1)
    • “Milarepa” by Liliana Cavani (1974) (1)
    • “Muriel, Or The Time Of Return” By Alain Resnais (1964) (1)
    • “My life and Times with Antonin Artaud” (1993) by Gerard Mordillat (1)
    • “Nathalie Granger” (1972) by Marguerite Duras (1)
    • “Nazarin” (1959) by Luis Bunuel (1)
    • “Nelly and Mr. Arnaud” (1995) by Claude Sautet (1)
    • “Night and Day” (1991) by Chantal Akerman (1)
    • “Oedipus Rex” (1967) By Pier Paolo Pasolini (1)
    • “Oh, Woe Is Me” by Jean-Luc Godard (1)
    • “Our Lady of the Assassins” (2000) by Barbet Schroeder (1)
    • “Our Music” by Jean-Luc Godard (2004) (1)
    • “Peter Pan” (2003) by P.J. Hogan (1)
    • “Pickpocket” (1959) by Robert Bresson (1)
    • “Pigpen/Pigsty/La Porcile” (1969) By Pier Paolo Pasolini (1)
    • “Salome’s Last Dance” (1988) by Ken Russell (1)
    • “Sanjuro” (1962), by Akira Kurosawa (1)
    • “Sansho the Bailiff” (1954) by Kenji Mizoguchi (1)
    • “Sisters or the Balance of Happiness” (1979) By Margarethe von Trotta (1)
    • “Socrates” (1971) By Roberto Rossellini (1)
    • “Spider’s Stratagem” (1970) By Bernardo Bertolucci (1)
    • “Strongman Ferdinand” (1977) by Alexander Kluge (1)
    • “Stroszek” (1977) By Werner Herzog (1)
    • “Swan In Love” (1984) By Volker Schlöndorff' (1)
    • “Sweet Movie” (1976) By Dusan Makavejev (1)
    • “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” (1972) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (RWF) (1)
    • “The Cannibals” by Liliana Cavani (1969) (1)
    • “The Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie” (1972) by Luis Bunuel (1)
    • “The Dreamers” (2003) By Bernardo Bertolucci (1)
    • “The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail” (1945) by Akira Kurosawa (1)
    • “The Merchant of Four Seasons” (1971) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1)
    • “The Messiah” (1975) by Roberto Rossellini (1)
    • “The Mouth Agape/The Slack-Jawed Mug” (1974) by Maurice Pialat (1)
    • “The Night of Iguana” (1964) by John Huston – based on Tennessee Williams’ play (1)
    • “The Rise of Louis XIV” by Roberto Rossellini (1966) (1)
    • “The Rite” (1969) by Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • “The Salamander” (1971) by Alain Tanner (1)
    • “The Serpent’s Egg”1976, by Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • “The Sheltering Sky” (1990) by Bernardo Bertolucci (1)
    • “The Shout” (1978) by Jerzy Skolimowski (1)
    • “The Silence” by Ingmar Bergman (1963) (1)
    • “The Skin” (“La Pelle” – 1981) by Liliana Cavani (1)
    • “The Soft Skin” (1964) By Francois Truffaut (1)
    • “The Testament of Orpheus” by Jean Cocteau (1959) (1)
    • “The Touch” (1971) by Ingmar Bergman (2)
    • “The Virgin’s Bed” (“Le lit de la vierge”), 1969, by Philip Garrel (1)
    • “Theorem” (1968) By Pier Paolo Pasolini (1)
    • “Through Glass Darkly” (1961) By Ingmar Bergman (1)
    • “Tokyo Twilight”, 1957, by Yasujiro Ozu (2)
    • “Trophy Wife” (“Potiche”), 2010, by Francois Ozon (1)
    • “Tunes of Glory” by Ronald Neame (1)
    • “Uranus” by Claude Berri (1)
    • “Van Gogh” (1991) by Maurice Pialat (1)
    • “Vivre Sa Vie/My Life to Live” (1962) by Jean-Luc Godard (1)
    • “What are